Barry Cooper
Lead Pastor
Barry Cooper was born in Epsom, Surrey in the UK. He holds an MA in English Language and Literature from St Catherine’s College, Oxford. He went on to pursue an MA in Christian Studies from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Chicago, and interned at Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington DC.
In June 2019 he became Supervising Producer at Ligonier Ministries, leaving in December 2022 to become Associate Teaching Pastor at Christ Community Church. He became Lead Pastor in January 2024.
He lives in DeLand with his wife, Lee, and his two daughters.
Barry is also an author, documentary presenter and podcast host:
◦ Producer, writer and presenter of Ligonier Ministries' Simply Put podcast
◦ Presenter and co-writer of Luther: In Real Time (Best Original Podcast, National Religious Broadcasters Awards 2023)
◦ Co-producer and presenter of Cooper & Cary Have Words (Podcast Of The Year, Premier Digital Awards 2018)
◦ Presenter of Stephen McCaskell’s feature-length documentary LUTHER
◦ Writer of the feature-length documentaries PURITAN and THE CHURCH
◦ Writer of the six-part miniseries MISSIONARY
◦ Author and presenter of the Discipleship Explored film series
◦ Co-author and co-presenter of the Life Explored film series
◦ Co-author and co-director of the Christianity Explored film series
◦ Author and co-author of numerous books including One Life, If You Could Ask God One Question and Can I Really Trust The Bible?